"it is not a question of "hitler may have been evil", HE MOST DEFINETELY WAS EVIL AND HAD NO FEELINGS IF HE HAD A HEART HE WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT OR DONE THE THINGS HE DID, the way he and his" henchmen2 did thse ATROCITIES. i have seen some of those survivors and i would not wish the consequences on my enemies!!!"

Susan
United States
Jun.23.2009
rates this page 4/5

"I am an American of German decent,and let me first say war is a horible thing.That being said.The rules for war are made by the winner of said war.The people of Germany are often the target of this type of campain.War crimes were commited by both sides, and the practice of putting people in camps during times of war was normal.We also took people from there homes and placed them in camps, and if our shores had been invaided.If someone cut our food supplies off. Who do you think would be denied food.It would not be us would it?This is not a raical isue, if it was then wouldn't it be wrong for people to say the Germans were evil?Hitler may have been evil, but in the eyes of the German people and in my eyes.The Germans had as mutch right to fight for there land as did the American Indians who by the way still have reservations as the only means of keeping there culture alive.In world war one mutch of Germany was taken in the same way(by war).World war two started with the promise to return that land.This is what rallied everyone together.The so called propaganda must have had alot of truth.These people were not under some spell, in my opinion the Germans were fighting for there right to be German mutch as the Indians did.I am an American.I have German ansetors.My step mother is jewish and every day I see peoples rights taken away in the name of freedom.How many rights do we have to loose to be free.We still have millitary forces in Germany. and will never return power there millitary.Germany will never agian be allowed there freedom to protect there rights.(Freedom is't free)if imprisoning others is the cost I have to pay freedom then you can keep it."

Aaron
United States
Jun.22.2009
rates this page 1/5

"Jane should have her whole being tested how dare she make such stupid comments if only you knew what these people went through you would think twice about such inept comments get your facts right you!!!!!!!!!!"

Maria
Germany
Jun.20.2009
rates this page 3/5

"Jane should have her whole being tested how dare she make such stupid comments if only you knew what these people went through you would think twice about such inept comments get your facts right you!!!!!!!!!!"

Maria
Germany
Jun.20.2009
rates this page 3/5

"I am sitting here in Scotland, pondering a trip to Auschwitz. Why has it taken me so long to even consider this given the fact of the hell and damnation generated there. My late Grand Mother fought for The Polish Resistance during the war. I can remember as a child having lunch with her and some of her friends. Being the inquisitive child I was, I asked my mother what the numbers were on her friends arms..... A few years later I found out and began to understand the Horrors that were committed there. Do I want to go out of Curiosity or to pay my respects to all those who needlessly suffered at the hands of the Devil, the latter I think. "

Charles
United Kingdom
Jun.19.2009
rates this page 4/5

"I went to Auschwitz once. Definitely worth the trip. And don't miss Birkenau...."

Alistair Barker
United States
May.27.2009
rates this page 4/5

"Firstly Jane(UK) you are a twit! You really need some history lessons!!! I have visited Auschwitz - after waiting a long time - and found it very moving. I would recommend that anyone who visits Krakow or any part of Poland Visits Auschwitz -it is definately not to be missed!!"

Gemma H
United Kingdom
May.16.2009
rates this page 4/5

"*Correction, I mean't to say that my great-grandparents came to the US from Poland in the early 1900's not 1990's. My apologies for not looking over my post for errors.* "

Malissa
United States
Apr.20.2009
rates this page 3/5

"My mom, sister and I are in the early planning stages of our trip to Poland. My great-grandparents came to the US from Poland in the early 1990's. We've been working on our genealogy and could never figure out why our family name could never be found. Come to find out, my great-grandparents were Jewish. Why this was never discussed in our family is beyond me and to further complicate matters we were raised Catholic. Fear maybe, that's the only thing I can come up with as an explanation. The spelling of the family last name was changed, like many when entering Ellis Island back then. Once we got the correct spelling, it's amazing the things we have found. Now more than ever I find that I really need to make this trip to Poland. Which is how I came across this website. I'm not certain what to expect when visiting Auschwitz, but can only imagine. I've been reading as much as I possibly can and will be learning the language before making our trip. The more I read, the more fascinated I become. Unfortunately, we will not be making our trip until July 2010...not sure I can wait til then. Any helpful tips for traveling in Poland are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. "

Malissa
United States
Apr.20.2009
rates this page 3/5

"I dont understand how human beings can act in such a devil way. i mean its totally ubelivable how one man can kill another in sucha cruel way. on one webpage i found a fragment of an interview with an ex - SS officer, and he said something like 'I didnt shot people. I ONLY GASSED THEM, only about 180 Jews, that's all I have done'. Only I can say now is rest in peace, all innocent victims of the holocaust, we will never forget about you. there's also other thing on my mind. people often complain that the rest of the world stayed silent, rather than stop the nazis from doing such cruel things. do we care what's happening in darfur, afganistan or iraq right now? the majority of us dont. people seem not to care as long as they are safe, thats just human nature. "

Kattie
United Kingdom
Apr.07.2009
rates this page 5/5

"We booked a tour at the hotel using Crakow City tours (90 zlotys). We were picked up at the hotel by minibus and taken to the tour office in the city centre where we transferred to a coach. The trip was well organised and the guide was very informative but we were rushed. We revised the camp again next day and realised just how much we missed on the tour. If you want to try this yourself, I suggest you catch a bus from the bus station next door to the railway station, (we caught the 9.05am bus to Oswiecim from stand G1- check the information board just inside the entrance) it will drop you off outside the gate. Another bus runs between camps but it isnt that far if you fancy a walk, just follow the signs. My advice is not to use the train as there are hardly any english speaking railway staff to help if you go wrong. You can catch a direct train back to Cracow Glowney from the station at Oswiecim (26zlotys) if all else fails. Check return train times at the tourist information office before you leave. Entrance to the museum is free. "

Alan and William
United Kingdom
Mar.28.2009
rates this page 4/5

"Hi . Don .... like Alan I am flying to Krakow then onto Auswitz on 22nd March if I can be any assistance in postage , dont know weather to post my email on here or not tho . "

Gary
United Kingdom
Mar.19.2009
rates this page 3/5

"I visited Auschwitz Birkenau back in Nov 07 and am visiting again this coming weekend. I have never been so moved by a place. It is Hell on this Earth. To stand on the spot where such evil and mass murder took place leaves you with a sense of numbness, not to mention that fact that the atmosphere of the place itself shakes you to your core. There are no birds that fly there, no sound. Nothing. Yet even if you were a blind person, transported to that place with no idea of where you were you would certainly feel that something wasn't right; that something very wrong took place there. To Jane, your comments are offensive to Jews and non Jews alike. How dare you state that the Holocaust is, in fact, a lie. Watch some docuementaries, some survivors footage, visit the place again and THEN tell us it is a sham. For people to deny the Holocaust and Auschwitz shows that there are still people won this Earth who will deny the truth no matter how horrendous it is. To say that after all these years it has been a propoganda effort - oh PLEASE, how could anyone truly believe this? Take a look at what the Simon Wiesenthal Centre is doing and tell me this is all make believe. To all others considering visiting Cracow - I would strongly recommend it. Beautiful city steeped in culture and history. Go there! Amanda"

Amanda
United Kingdom
Mar.18.2009
rates this page 5/5

"If Don from the USA would like to email me his address by thursday 12th ( I fly on Fri 13th) I will do my best to send him a postcard."

Allan
United Kingdom
Mar.09.2009
rates this page 5/5

"Whoever 'Jane' is, she needs a spell in Auschwitz herself, under armed guard in mid-Winter carrying rocks for twelve hours a day on starvation rations. one week would cure her of her 'National Socialist' nonsense. There's nothing like walking a mile in another's shoes Jane, you ignorant twit."

I.B.
Australia
Mar.05.2009
rates this page 5/5

"I visited Auschwitz - Birkenau yesterday. I'm still taking it all in. I just wanted to say that our guide David was excellent - an absolute mind of knowlege who was happy to answer all our questions. The trip to Auschwitz was very interesting and you kind of think you know all the stories and history etc, etc Then you go to Birkenau and it just hits you in the face. What I will say was that I was shocked at some peoples behaviour at Birkenau - people laughing and joking - throwing snowballs and believe it or not these were a group of israeli's. Unbelievable."

Matthew
United Kingdom
Feb.27.2009
rates this page 4/5

"To Ben from the UK. People often add a lot of mythology to the site of Auschwitz such as no birds, no sun, nothings grows there and of course this is not true. You just came in the middle of winter ! The biggest challenge about this place is that this tragedy happened in the middle of Europe masterminded by Nazi Germany ( at the time the most cultured and educated society) next a typical, quiet Polish-Jewish town which before the war was a vacation place for many people in Krakow. As former inmate of Auschwitz Primo Levy said: It happned here it can happen anywhere, it happened once it can happen again. And this is the crucial message of this site and something we need to take with us."

Tomek
Poland
Feb.22.2009
rates this page 3/5

"I am planning my trip today to going Nov 2009. People, JANE is just looking for attention. Ignore her. All the spirits of all the souls that were tortured and murdered in the Holocaust know the truth and I will value every minute there thinking of the evilness of the humans that did this to the brothers and sisters."

Jennifer
United States
Feb.18.2009
rates this page 3/5

"Totally obsessed in a daze at what happened here. Beyond belief and no words could ever express how unbelievable it is that the german people were under that one mans spell enough to follow him. I understand country pride and how each one feels they are unique and theirs the best. It's natural. I have watched every video i could get my hands on and spent months obsessed on it. Can't shake if from my mind and almost feel like one of the victims. Friends joke that I must of been a victim in another life because so addicted to the subject....lol Really makes me sad that there are still people like JANE that even with all the proof, testimonies, videos, pictures, that one can be still in doubt. I can only wish she had to endure what these people had to for but a day to realize it was real. I want to tour it more then anything i ever wanted in my life. But health prevents me from being able to. Just to touch one thing there that the victims did would mean the world to me. Even tried to get so little as a card mailed to me from there, just knowing it was sent from that location but don't know how to get that done. Anyway, my old age makes me ramble....lol But i do know these people hold a special place in Gods heart and hope their happiness now in paradise in a million fold what they suffered. "

Don
United States
Feb.14.2009
rates this page 5/5

"I got back from Poland yesterday, and visited Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau on Tuesday (the 64th Year Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz) and I have to say it is one hell of an eerie place. Nothing grows there, there are no birds around meaning it's deadly silent. The buildings themselves, old barracks, have a sense of evil - but to see Arbeit Macht Frei, and to walk under that main entrance... just everything about that place... it's haunting, it's saddening but tbh I feel people NEED to visit Auschwitz, why? Well, so basically in 64 years time we don't have a similar situation - which is part of the reason for having it as a museum. To show people the true horrors that went on, so we don't repeat similar atrocoties."

Ben
United Kingdom
Jan.31.2009
rates this page 4/5

"JANE your sick! I have been in a war zone myself.Never a prisoner and consider myself very very lucky, and believe you to be a very sick and ill person. Thousands died for being Jewish, or Gypsy how dare you decribe their last writings as propaganda. Its people like you that make this world a very sick one. Grow up, educate yourself and take a look at history and hope that people like you never get into power of a country! Views like yours are how the Nazi party began! Feel sick to be Britsh!"

Chris
United States
Jan.26.2009
rates this page 4/5

"A few years back, working in the city of Los Angeles,CA, while there, I had been working in a few places in the fairfax district of the city..many jewish people live there today, and i happened to meet an old lady one day, i was sent to her place to do some work, when i entered her apartment, i seen what looked like pictures of children onthe walls and tables..twin girls, then i looked at her and the pictures, and then i asked this is you in this picture, is that your sister, and she said yes..and we talked, and i looked at her then i seen the tatoo on her arm, and the numbers and mark next to it, i asked her, you were in a concentration camp, she said yes in poland when i was a little girl with my twin sister, that is her in that picture, and she told me the story, i was in tears when i left, you couldnt even imagine the horrors of the things they did to her and her sister, and later her sister was taken away to another camp..by the notorious dr josep mengle, ss doctor, he was sadistic, and how this monster was able to do this, and has never been found, it was an experience in my life i will never forget, being able to talk to a surviver of suscwitz...she told me the real horrors..it far exceeds any horror story you have ever seen or imagine..and later i met a russian girl, her father was jewish, and was tossed out of russia..then to italy to israel..then to nyc usa..and he told me even more about his father and mother being sent to gulag....even to this day..this should have never happened..or allowed to even or ever happen again....it made me think.... "

robert
United States
Dec.05.2008
rates this page 3/5

"LAURA- I went on an organised tour with cracowtours. It was very well run and I recommend it. This place was amazing. I think everyone should go there and see what hate can breed. I went in June and it wasn't overly crowded. I am going again in February but will explore myself this time as although the tour was very good, it did not cover everything. This place leaves you shaking your head in disbelief when you leave. Visiting Auschwitz/Birkaneu is a reality check for any problem you think you have."

Mike
United Kingdom
Dec.05.2008
rates this page 5/5

"Since I was 18 and first saw Anne Franks's hideaway in Amsterdam, I have had an interest in reading anything on the Holocaust. Finally, in May of 2008, I toured Auschwitz which was a life long desire. It was the most humbling experience I have ever had, and anyone who denies this happened, they need to definitely go there to see the horrors themselves!"

Lynn T
United States
Nov.28.2008
rates this page 4/5

"JANE may God forgive your uncaring approach to such a tragic occurance I will be in Osweicim next week and I know it will be the most humbling experience of my life living in northern ireland we have very few Jewish people as they left had to flee when the troubles began but I have many Jewish friends in the mainland and hold them in high esteem your comment was nothing but disrespect and that of a person who is totally ignorant to the facts I notice you havn't replied on this site bet you are so ashamed!!!!!"

carol
United Kingdom
Nov.27.2008
rates this page 4/5

"Firstly, can I say that my visit to Auschwitz was heartpounding! I can't understand how one human can do any of that to another but clearly they can. JANE you make me feel dirty to be English!!! This wasn't the mock-up of some bored sick individual, or even a sick joke. The Nazi party was real, and unfortunately it still is in parts of the world. I felt empathy for the Polish people and what they had suffered, although I know very well that the devastation was common all over Europe. I'm 35 and wasn't taught much about WWI or WWII but I do remember not liking Germans at all as a kid because of the lack of proper teaching about history. Poland is a fantasic country and Krakaw is an amazing city and truely the countries capital, as it used to be. I haven't met such warm and honest people anywhere else. I was part of a tour group and we went at the beginning of November 08 and I found Oswiecim (the proper Polish name - not the German Auschwitz)to be well-timed. Not many people there at all and we were able to walk around with a guide at a comfortable and respectable pace - oh and JANE photo's are not permitted to be taken within the camp out of respect for the DEAD!!! Our tour took around 3 hours. I would absolutely recommend Krakaw to anyone regardless of your age or fitness - there's something for everyone and if you decide to visit Oswiecim, I'm sure you will come away abit more open to the true meaning of loss. Rememberence Sunday (11/11) is not just for the soldiers but for everyone who paid the ultimate price."

Sharon
United Kingdom
Nov.10.2008
rates this page 4/5

"I have just booked a holiday to Krakow and will be going to Auschwitz. For those of you how have gone as part of an organised tour - did you get a good feel for the place or did it feel rushed? I've been to Sachsenhausen in Germany and did not do the organised tour which was fine but I feel the vast size of Aucshwitz may make it necessary to take an organised tour. thanks"

Laura
United Kingdom
Oct.23.2008
rates this page 5/5

"Absolutely soul wrenching ... even today it can bring you to tears to see the evidence of human suffering. No matter how short your visit is to Poland, this is a MUST for everyone."

Eleonora Tysiac
United States
Oct.22.2008
rates this page 5/5

"wat they did was f'ed up,no one should have to go through that "

AJ
United States
Oct.18.2008
rates this page 3/5

"to "Jane" anyone who can claim auscwitz is full of jewih propaganda is clearly the sort of uneducated person who would be upset at not being able to take photos of such a tragic place. I myself visited Auschwitz and found it to be the most numbing experience of my life, nothing can prepare you for the scale and organisation of what started as a concentration camp and then became a killing camp. maybe JANE you should grow up and pick one of the many detailed books such as Laurence Rees - Auschwitz, then maybe you would feel embarresment at your uninformed comments"

james
United Kingdom
Oct.13.2008
rates this page 3/5

"My mother was an inmate at auchwitz. Following the war she came to Canada and was able to enjoy life again. She never spoke about Auschwitz although the distince blue number on her arm bore witness to what she had endured. May she rest in peace. "

richard
Canada
Oct.06.2008
rates this page 4/5

" Link to survivour stoies here. http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/survivoraffairs/meet/"

Louise
Ireland
Oct.04.2008
rates this page 3/5

"This is for Jane, You disgust me. Why on earth did you vist the memorial in the first place? You should take a little trip to your local library or bookshop and stock up on the many biographies and autobiographies of some the survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Why don't you gather for yourself information about regarding the history of the formation of the Nazis, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, WW2 etc Perhaps you should take a look at this site if the link is allowed. It is a museam in the United States where you can meet survivors of the holocaust.Yes, imagine, real survivors.What are your thoughts on this, I presume you have some as you appear to be quite vocal. You should open your mind. Your comment is ignorant, Sickening and totally insulting to the innocent people who suffered.It would surprise me if you even understand what the word propaganda means. What have you to say about Treblinka,Bergen-Belsen,Majdenek,Chelmno Sobibor etc or have you even heard tell of these names? Go educate yourself and come back when done and apologise for the comment you made when realise your stupidity. Thank od you are the minority. To all the other readers of this comment...thank god for 'humanity'. I too visited this memorial camp in November 07. I can still sense the eerie silence and the feel of the harsh sharp freezing breeze on my skin. There is a strange odour also that i could never describe, It is niether unpleasant or rancid but it is something I have never experienced before. I can't even begin to imagine standing ion the bitter cold with nothing more than old clogs and spit through material. I hope the world can stop all the ethnic cleansing for once and for all. By remembering we choose not to forget. 'Hindsight tells us what we could have done' Magne Furuholmen "

Louise
Ireland
Oct.04.2008
rates this page 4/5

"Where is Jane coming from , get your head out of the sand and face the facts,these truly despicable events happened and we should strive to ensure they never happen again"

mike hart
United Kingdom
Oct.04.2008
rates this page 3/5

"I hope this will always encouraged young people to love one another."

judi
United States
Sep.07.2008
rates this page 3/5

"We have just come back from Europe and visited Auschwitz with our three teenage kids. I would recommend that everyone should visit this museum (especially heads of state) We should all learn from the past.Hatred because of race or religion should not be tolerted.For all those doubtors out there once you visit this museum you will have no doubt in your mind that this atrocity did occour.It was not only jewish people who lost their lives but many people from other religions and countries.My family was moved to tears.We will never forget it. "

Ted & Lily
Australia
Aug.30.2008
rates this page 3/5

"A bit of advice from a recent visitor, got the train from Crakow, at a cost of 11 zlot, taxi from the station for 4 of us was 20 zlot. Didn't take a tour as wanted to do it at my own pace, the tours were herded around like sheep at such a fast pace that there wasn't time to take it in. Took the free bus to Auschwitz 2, this actually takes longer to look around due to the actual size of the site. We took over 6 hours for both camps, missed the train and bus to return so got a taxi back to Crakow, cost 200 zlot. If you are planning to go to Auschwitz give yourself plenty of time."

Alan
United Kingdom
Aug.24.2008
rates this page 5/5

"Dear Jane (UK), I have also just returned from a trip to Auschwitz, "Full of Jewish propoganda" what are you on ? the reason you can't take photos indoors are the same as any museum, the constant flash photography eventually breaks down pictures etc. if you wanted pictures then buy a book. If you came away doubting what happened then you need some real help. I am embarrassed that we come from the same country."

Alan
United Kingdom
Aug.24.2008
rates this page 5/5

"i have just come back from visiting auschwitz, for me it made me more convinced that there is no accurate record of actual numbers who were supposedly killed there. ifound it a place full of jewish propaganda, i am now evem more convinced of national socialism tham before. why can you not take photos at auschwitz indoors? "

jane
United Kingdom
Aug.24.2008
rates this page 3/5

"Visited just recently (Aug 08) and what an experience. It made me really ponder what can of human being can do such evil murdering thousands of innocent lives. A very dark part of history."

Dennis
United States
Aug.22.2008
rates this page 3/5

"Visited Auschwitz with my family on June 24th 08, and it was a chilling experience. I had read the books, and seen the documentaries and films, but to be there really hits home. How they got away with it, and how so many people were brainwashed baffeles me. i will always remember the experience."

Kevin Kenny
Ireland
Jul.03.2008
rates this page 4/5

" Been their 1977; I was a guest when I trained with the Dutch Army. Why does the Union Gospel Missions in this Country [frogive] Adolf Hitler, and Charlie Manson as well ext, but the Pope speeks out against other people who oppose the Union Gospel Missions and the Seventh Day Adventist Church ext.? And why does the Pope let the Nazi party here in America do hate crimes and say nothing about it ? Who is calling the kettle black? Thank you from Howard Coos Bay OR... Why do you think they wanted Grey Davis ousted out of CA? "

Howard
United States
Jun.02.2008
rates this page 5/5

"After reading Exodus, i was utterly depressed with the inhuman atrocities which had befallen on the Jews in the Nazi era...More surprisingly, Jews have been tormented sinces ages..which is really sad. Am traveling to Walldorf next week for an official purpose and am very much inclined to visit Auschwitz, Poland. If anyone of you who is a local could offer some guided tour i would be grateful. May the innocent souls of those brutalised rest in peace."

Shekhar Pareek
India
May.15.2008
rates this page 3/5

"i think this is so sad!!We are doing this in school and we did some research and it is just the most meanest things in the world that anyone could think about never mind doing it.i just feel so sad and hurt for the relitives of the people who were killed in that most horrible and cruel way!!!"

aoife
Ireland
May.14.2008
rates this page 4/5

"i don't it is nessisary to feel sorry for those who died but those left behind. we also need to feel sorry for those who hated and do hate becouse if we don't realize hatred couse this catastrophe we may have hate and start another geniside."

kylee
United States
Apr.29.2008
rates this page 3/5

"Disturbing. You'll certainly be thinking about the Polish Jews for a long time after your visit. We visited in March/April and it was very busy. Lots of teenagers, visibly upset. I did have concerns that their should be an age limit on visitations. Hard to hear your Guide at times, as they are all trying to compete for their groups attention. You could'nt leave Poland without a visit here. Don't try to visit Auschwitz and The Salt Mines in the one day, unless you are super fit!"

Ann & Paul
Ireland
Apr.03.2008
rates this page 3/5

"i thing that is totally un eproprate and they should ov handelded it alot beter"

sophie
New Zealand
Mar.26.2008
rates this page 3/5

"none of them deserved that."

1800green
United States
Mar.07.2008
rates this page 5/5

"i feel sorry for the jewish"

amy
United Kingdom
Mar.05.2008
rates this page 3/5

"what happened in world war 2 at Auschwitz nobody but hitler should be held accountable. Hitler brainwahsed Germany during a great depression, he lied, and broke promises. I would agree people are sick and violent and full of hate and should maybe burn in hell. But answer this would you do what had to be done to keep from being killed or keep from your family being killed? Hitler was sick in the head."

Seth
United States
Feb.28.2008
rates this page 3/5

"Dear Natalie. I'am Polish too and I must correct your review. Polish didn't build and killed jews in Auschwitz. Nazist do this AND YOU AND WHOLE WORLD SHOULD KNOW THAT!! "

Hose PL
Poland
Feb.14.2008
rates this page 5/5

"The 1st camp was interesting to read about the full history of Auschwitz, but Birkenhau was very eerie and humbling, to think that so many people met their fate at this place, just for being non desirable to the nazis was quite disturbing, we think it is an important part of our history that we must never let happen again and that future generations do remember what happened as it was an atrocity that cannot ever happen again "

Sarah & Kev
United Kingdom
Feb.08.2008
rates this page 4/5

"it is a shock to learn about what happened to the people in Auscwitz. I am polish and i feared that place before i went there. it is very sad to see why someone would do that to his own country. The experiments that they did on those poor kids hurts my heart and I would of changed it if I could of back then. "

Natalia
Poland
Feb.07.2008
rates this page 3/5

"I went and saw Auschwitz myself and it is very hard to understand. I am Polish and I saw the sad museum. "

Natalia
Canada
Feb.07.2008
rates this page 3/5

"Ich und Roland haben eine GÄNSEHAUT bekommen als wir durch das KZ gegangen sind.Da kann man nur die NAZIS verachten!!!!Wie gut das den ALTEN von damals nicht mehr gibt und die Völkerverständigung jetzt funktioniert!!"

Roland (DE) Aneta (PL)
Germany
Jan.29.2008
rates this page 3/5

"This is horrible would hate to be there"

Rhys
United Kingdom
Jan.28.2008
rates this page 3/5

"Jurij, about 6 million Jews were murdered in general by the Nazis. Only about 1.5 million were murdered at Auschwitz, the rest at other concentration camps, in the ghettos, etc."

Dagny
Poland
Jan.04.2008
rates this page 3/5

"I heard about 6 Milion jewish peeple, who are murdered in Poland. Now I sow the table with 1,5 Milions. What is wrong und what ist correct? I would like more Explanations, because in my country is now very dangerous speak about 1,5 Milions."

Jurij Below
Germany
Jan.03.2008
rates this page 2/5

"if i could pick any where in the world to go right now, it wouldnt be back to england to see my nan, it would be poland, to see this consintration camp. i think strongly for the world war 2, and i think it puts a disgrace to the world we have now."

Emma Postin
United States
Nov.24.2007
rates this page 4/5

"what happened then was awful; and to think that my nan had to watch all of this on the news is discraceful! The nazis were evil,reacits,unfair people who didn't take the jews feelings into consideration!! Would you ever be able to kill someone the way they did?"

Hannah
United Kingdom
Nov.19.2007
rates this page 3/5

"I think alot of people should read about what happened at that time, I think it was awful, and now we can't change it anymore..."

sunny
Albania
Oct.25.2007
rates this page 3/5

"THis was very helpful!!!"

Rhs
United States
Oct.17.2007
rates this page 5/5

"Life changing visit (Aushwitz)"

nigel blows
United Kingdom
Oct.05.2007
rates this page 5/5

"Visiting Auschwitz Poland is a shocking experience indeed. It's very different to read about it that to go there yourself and be forced to imagine the realities of it. Sadly history is being forgotten. Some people even mistakenly think that because Auschwitz is in Poland, that it was a Polish concentration camp - and not a German one (it is a German name because the Germans were occupying the polish town of Oswiecim at the time). I believe authorities at Auschwitz museum even asked UNESCO to make this clearer as they were concerned history was being obfuscated. Anyway Auschwitz is essential for anyone coming to Poland"

David
United Kingdom
Sep.27.2007
rates this page 5/5

"Auschwitz - I have been reading this subject since a teenager in Australia trying to understand how humanity can allow this to happen.Slowly, you begin to understand, then more information appears and you feel you know nothing.The visit to Auschwitz is very difficult to put into words except to say that I would recommend it to the whole world and that it is like no other experience you will ever have.The biggest history lesson available. I went with my wife and I took three 'readings" from books of survivors. I read them at the exact site where they occurred.Emotionally unbelieveable. Perhaps what I have learnt is that , from the victims point of view, all they really wanted was for the world to know and recognise their fate.It could be that an "Aussie" in the year 2007 going to pay his respects to these (millions of)victims is of some small value.It was value to me.Peter"

Peter Shelton
Australia
Aug.12.2007
rates this page 4/5

"Having read a fair bit as to what whent on in Auschwitz,i found it verry moving and sad that this could happen to mankind. But know matter what you read or learn can hit home like this visit did, it really gets your mind working overtime and thinking how could they be so inumaine and destoy whole familys. I do think it is a place that everyone should see given the opportunity, then it would indeed be a lesson for the future and finaly its as powerfull now as it was all those years ago,and hope for the future nothing like this happens again."

denis
United Kingdom
Aug.08.2007
rates this page 3/5

"Auschwitz is a place that everyone should see, to make sure that the atrocities that happened here never happen again. Anyone seeing the exhibits of thousands of shoes, taken from the passengers of cattle trucks, brought from all over Europe, to be emptied onto the railway side then "selected" for the gas chambers; the tons of hair shaved from the people that would soon burn in the crematoria; The piles of shaving brushes, once owned by men with wives and children, and the mountain of false arms and legs twisted and bent, taken from those unfortunates who were crippled by disease or accident. No one could not be moved by such sights or the thoughts that they bring to mind. The thought that if we forget what happened here then it may happen again is too chilling even to contemplate."

IAN BRIGGS
United Kingdom
Aug.04.2007
rates this page 4/5

"I AM WRITING TO YOU TO TELL YOU HOW INTERESTING YOUR REMANINGS OF THE GAS CHAMBERS ARE WE HAVE BEINBG STUDYIIN THIS TOPIC AT SCEWL AND I WOULD LIKE TRO VISTIT YOUR PLACE THANKYOU CHLOE FLEETWOOD HIGH SCEWL!!"

chloe
United Kingdom
Jun.19.2007
rates this page 5/5

"Having high expectations of something may be one of the biggest mistakes one can have. So naturally my expectations of a visit to another “dusty museum” weren’t high, having found museums rather dull during my formative years. However, the cracks began to show in my preconceptions as I noticed the train tracks leading to the camp, along which the victims were herded like the children to the Hamlin Mountain. Now, as inappropriate as it may sound, I had my personal CD player with me on the journey to the camp on which I had an album by a group called ‘New Found Glory’ which started with a song called ‘Your biggest mistake’ and it lead me to thinking that the place we were about to visit may be considered Western Europe’s biggest mistake. The most powerful nations in the world, famed for their championing of peace once resorted to murder, on one level or another to solve their ‘problems’."

alan
United Kingdom
Mar.16.2007
rates this page 3/5

"Looking round I was almost wondering if all those lovely BNP members types and neo-nazis were right, if the concentration camps were just propaganda. We walked between brick red buildings on lush green grass and gazed in wonder at the size of it all. Then we started viewing the exhibitions inside the huts. That’s when the guilt starts. You look at the pictures of starving children and your stomach rumbles, your legs ache from walking all day as the tour guide tells of a particular form of punishment that involves making prisoners stand all night and then go out to work the next day, the guilt doesn’t just creep up on you, it slams into you. I wonder if it was that way for people who found out about the concentration camps (after World War II )"

BEN
United Kingdom
Mar.16.2007
rates this page 3/5

"It was then that I thought more about the guilt of people who survived after the war had "ended", even people in Britain must have felt something - sure, they were on the ‘right’ side but British forces never ,never bombed the camps, they never dropped bombs on the railway lines that delivered the lambs to the slaughter. They were fighting for their lives and their freedom yet they couldn’t spare a few bombs to try and save the Jews. Then of course the question arises, should we feel guilty? It had nothing to do with the British people, or did it? After all we are all living on this world, we are all human beings, surely an act of inhumanity against one- group of people is an act against all of us. Then what about the German people, they can say they knew nothing but some if them must. They would have seen the starving prisoners walking to the factories to work; many of the German citizens would have been over-seers. So what’s their excuse ? Fear ? Perhaps fear can overcome guilt ? but then people can’t just operate on a basis of fear and guilt, there are some who act out of great selflessness for no reason except that it is the right thing to do. We were told of a catholic priest and a boy at Auschwitz, the boy had shared his piece of bread with an old man and had been caught, this being against the rules the boy was ordered to be killed, however the priest jumped up and pleaded to be killed instead. He was killed and the boy lived, and survived and died an old man. In the end Auschwitz was a moving experience, it allows me see not only what happened in a more visual way, it also allowed me to consider the guilt surrounding it all. I don’t think that guilt is a good thing, but surely if it helped anyone keep their humanity (the guilt made them act as a better human being) or if it helped people understand this horrific thing better, half a century on, then it can’t be all bad. Perhaps there is some hope for mankind then, and perhaps even for me. However no matter what the reason, be it guilt, fear, brotherhood or anything, lets try and remember one thing: never again. "

Laura
United Kingdom
Mar.16.2007
rates this page 3/5

"A very important site when you visit the camps is the Auschwitz Jewish Center which presents the history of the destroyed Jewish community of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) which until the Holocaust was a predominantly Jewish town. Their website is: www.ajcf.org"

David
United States
Mar.10.2007
rates this page 4/5